Notifying Member

United Kingdom

Details of the notified legal text

Title

The Patents, Trade Marks and Registered Designs (Fees) (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Rules 2020

Subject matter

Trademarks; Industrial designs; Patents (including plant variety protection)

Nature of notification

[X]     Main dedicated intellectual property law or regulation

[  ]     Other law or regulation

Link to legal text^[*]

https://ip-documents.info/2021/IP/GBR/21_4922_00_e.pdf

Notification status

[  ]     First notification

[X]     Amendment or revision to notified legal text

[  ]     Replacement or consolidation of notified legal text(s)

Previous notification(s) referred to

IP/N/1/GBR/211, IP/N/1/GBR/P/44; IP/N/1/GBR/58, IP/N/1/GBR/T/36; IP/N/1/GBR/64, IP/N/1/GBR/D/30

Brief description of the notified legal text

The Rules reduce certain fees prescribed in the Fees Rules to nil (or, in one case, to £1) in respect of the period 30 July 2020 - 31 March 2021. The amendments to the Rules constitute a temporary emergency measure.

Language(s) of notified legal text

English

Entry into force

30 July 2020

Other date

Notification details

Submission date of notification

27 July 2021

Other information

https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/644/introduction/made

Agency or authority responsible

UK Intellectual Property Office

Concept House

Cardiff Road

Newport

South Wales

NP10 8QQ

United Kingdom

information@ipo.gov.uk

0300 300 2000

Outside the UK:

+44 (0)1633 814000